cocktails by the pool

 
Style:  Funky Chanson

Format: LP
Label: Le Chant Du Monde

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+  

Wonderful LP produced by Armand Fryman. Take a bit of chanson, a little Synth Pop, a little bit of Tropical Pop and Talila is what you get.

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Style: Bread & Butter Magnificence

Format: LP
Label: Metronome

Year: 1990

Condition: NM/VG+

A soundtrack to a film no one has ever heard of. No one!

A soundtrack filled with tracks that nobody really needs.

Well, with the exception of Double's Captain of course.

BUT OH - what's that well hidden last track there?

I actually only took that record home with me for the title of that said track. Standard Butterbrot Instrumental. And when i finally heard it there were goosebumps all over the place.

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Style:  Über-BALEARIC / Flamenco Jazz

Format: LP
Label: APM / Polydor

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/VG+

Excellent Flamenco Jazz made in Germany featuring Santiago's Tato Gomez. This record is including the balearic ÜBER-HIT Nena. Do yourself a favour and listen!!!

NENA!

 
Style: Smooth Balearic / Cocktail Jazz

Format: EP
Label: Not On Label

Year: 2015

Condition: M/M  

A lazy afternoon. Two lovers kissing. Cocktails by the pool.

A white yacht down in the harbour. Mischevious Whispers -

or is it the sound of a saxophone carried over by the wind.

Four smooth edits for the summer, gently crafted and

wrapped into the amazing cover art by Jiro Bevis

LAST COPIES!!

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Style: Balearic Boogie / Smoothies

Format: LP
Label: Platinum Rainbow

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+

I must admit that I wouldn't have listened to this if it weren't in a collection I bought some years ago. Listening to this before throwing it away turned out to be one of the best things I ever did (exaggeration). But seriously - when I heard Commitment I was sold. And sold for days. Those of you who follow what I do for a while know my relationship to the #1 invention of Adolphe Sax, but strangely enough it doesn't hurt here. You can say Basso is getting old or you listen to these wonderful jams and melt with me...

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Style: New Age Pop

Format: CD
Label: New Emotional Music

Year: 1992

Condition: NM/VG+  

Wonderful tales from the land where New Age meets Smooth Jazz.

The kind of music that you can only find on CD.(#onlyoncd)

Can I have two Total Bliss with extra cheese, please?

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Style:  Balearic Pop

Format: LP
Label: RCA

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/NM

I wonder who of them is the sun?

This is a lovely german only release. Very deep and sunny! Including the great slowmotion boogie Heartbeat,  westcoast feeling in Free Spirit and balearic vibes in Bulding Bridges.

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Style: Smoothie Time

Format: LP
Label: CBS

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+

Before your image of Bill Withers manifests - listen to You Try To Find A Love and see why I call him the GOD of balearic soul. That lovely day has nothing to do with it...

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Style: Jazz-Dance

Format: 12"
Label: Happy Bird

Year: 198?

Condition: NM/VG+

Two total cocktail happy mixes of this easy Jazz-Dance jam.

The madcap B-Side brings the fun - Hello Magic Voice!

Did someone say vocoders?

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Style: Odd Pop

Format: LP
Label: Melodiya

Year: 1986

Condition: VG+/VG+

Odd Eesti Pop! Bits of 80s Queen.

If you don't dig the riffs, edit it before I do.

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Style: A Breeze!

Format: LP
Label: Plainisphare

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+

Breezy Fusion from the french speaking part of Switzerland.

Goes really well with some sunrays...

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Style: Ethno Pop / Balearic

Format: LP
Label: Kopf

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+

Wonderful Balearic Pop / Ethno Pop by the turkish-german group Bescay. Jochen Schrumpf from Ceddo on guitar. Horribly hard to find but TOTAL BLISS guaranteed ... 

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Style: Balearic Rap

Format: 12"
Label: Gee Street

Year: 1991

Condition: VG+/VG 

No, this is not a Spandau Ballet Edit - it's PM Dawn motherfuckers. Softies got it the hard way when smashed from the stage by KRS but luckily they survived to spread their message of love and understanding. Set Adrift is a wonderful example of post De La smoothness that you still can play today.

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Style: Lightweight Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Twin

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+

These gifted studio musicians have played on almost every european fusion LP before recording their "solo" album. Apart from the fantastic Magic Feelings, that has been gloriously edited by Abel, there's more magic on the album. check it out!! Like new copy!

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Style: Late Night Bossa / Mediterrenean Wizardry

Format: LP
Label: Domino (Private)

Year: 19??

Condition: NM/NM  

Half of the tracks of this amazing album here are Villa-Lobos compositions - Leaving enough playtime for some self-penned songs by Haberl and his comrad Hubert Waldner, who also plays flutes and saxophone. And then there are these wonderful vocals by some lady called D.B. One that will not only make collectors of italian 70s soundtracks cry. This beauty is out of this world!!

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Style:  Party Crushers

Format: LP
Label: Merlin (Private)

Year: 1991

Condition: NM/VG+  

One of the obscurest private DIY Pop records I came across in the last few years. Of course I got attracted by the beautiful combination of cover and title ;) Musically it's just as interesting: Soft but Cynical Post Sade Synth-Pop with a boogie touch at times!

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Style:  Cocktail Happy Jazz-Funk

Format: LP
Label: Innovative Communication

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+

Swedish Jazz-Funk on Klaus Schulze's label? Yep and it just can't go wrong..... Some very sensual Jazz-Funk that is and there's 3 very persuasive tracks that may give you shivers. One of them was played at a cocktail party by the pool last year and I got quite some ID requests for that track... maybe that's why it's pretty tough to come by now?

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Style: Chilled Zouk

Format: LP
Label: Akatoto

Year: 1990

Condition: VG+/VG+

If you have a phone you gotta do this.

Am I really sure about the advertising effect of these words?

Of course i'm not. Probably bedazzled by this wicked tune!!

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Style: Balearic Boogie

Format: 12"
Label: DA

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+

Two tight jams breathing out fresh Rimini air.

Italo Boogie Down at the waterfront with a cocktail in hand!

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Style: Cocktails by the pool

Format: LP
Label: Monopol

Year: 1988

Condition: NM/VG corner bump

Here's some incredibly funky late 80s smooth Jazz that you would NEVER expect from guys who have previously recorded with C.C. Catch, Chris Norman, Modern Talking and Blue System.

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Style: Eso Jazz

Format: LP
Label: Wea

Year: 1988

Condition: NM/VG+  

One of my favourite recent discoveries.

Friendly and open minded organic jazz : )

Incl. the amazing Pinnacles 

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Style:  Cocktails By The Pool

Format: LP
Label: Sundance

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/NM

For me this album is all bout Song For Suzanne.

Blissful instrumental popjazz perfect for a sundance or two...

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Style: flying sax at sundown

Format: 12"
Label: Nunk

Year: 1984

Condition: VG+/VG+

Balearic boogie meets the flying sexyphone at sundown - in Santa Barbara of course! If that wasn't enough there's also this speccial occasion to walk down California Street. Fans of the genre will quickly snap that this one is not just another version of FG's Romance's What Is Love Today - it sounds so much better on that california street!! All written by Frank de Gryse ;) NM copy with two gentle pops!

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Style: Summer Pop

Format: LP
Label: WEA

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+  

Aside from the obvious hits like Yeh Yeh and Dancing In The Streets and the latin jazz boogie Smooth this fantastic album holds one of my favourite pop songs for the sunny season - Summer Song!

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Style: Emotional Overlord

Format: LP
Label: Grabaciones Accidentales

Year: 1988

Condition: VG+/VG+

Elegant and emotional cocktail party vibes from the Costa del Azaha.

Get yourself a Tinto de Verano or an Agua De Valencia and smoothly groove along the dawning sun!

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Style:  WONDERFUL

Format: LP
Label: Vondue (Private)

Year: 1988

Condition: NM/NM

This is one of my all time favourite records! Norbert Gottschalk's voice is the finest Germany has to offer. I even prefer him to Mark Murphy. Enough of the adulation and back to the facts. It's a private release so it's not available everywhere. And apart from being rare it's a wonderful album with 5 mindblowing tracks, 1 amazing track, 1 standard and a blues.....

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Style: Latin Jazz

Format: LP
Label: Brisas

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+  

Horribly hard to find latin fusion recorded in Germany.

My fave is the uplifting Alicia. And there's more ...

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Style: Cocktails by the Testarossa

Format: LP
Label: Titan

Year: 1988

Condition:NM/NM

No matter how you like your Martini, you'll have some on this smooth balearic Jazz album. But always remember: don't drink and drive!

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Style: Cocktail Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Windham Hill

Year: 1988

Condition: NM/VG+  

I'm so in love with this hell of a tune Enivre D'Amour.

One of the classiest Cocktail Jazz pieces I've ever heard :)

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Style:  Contemporary Jazz / Jazz Funk / 80s Jazz

Format: LP
Label: YVP (Private)

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+  

Teutonic cocktail Jazz at it's BEST!!!! 

Perfect for some margaritas by the pool.....

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Style: Emotional Ambient

Format: LP
Label: Mermaid Music

Year: 1987

Condition: VG+/VG+

Highly emotional ambient soundscapes with a wink from Denmark's mermaids. Chill 2000!

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Style:  Balearic Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Inside (Private)

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/VG+ 

A highly recommended 80s Fusion album with lots of tracks that will amaze friends of guitar driven mediterrenean Jazz. 

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Style: Contemporary Jazz / Latin Jazz

Format: LP
Label: Stunt

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+  

This danish gem hardly pops up outside of Denmark (where i found it as well). Not just the playful Samba Song will make you smile. The whole album is a treat. Listen to Bo Stief on Bass!!

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Style: Spooky Balearic / Halloween Cocktail Party

Format: 12"
Label: Polydor

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+

Maybe the only Halloween track suitable for a cocktail party? Have you ever had a Halloween on the beach? Too many questions?

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Style: Deep Rhythms

Format: LP
Label: GRP

Year: 1989

Condition: NM/NM

Deep Rhythms on this boogie influenced smooth jazz album. Check out the wonderful Amethyst Secrets!!

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Style: Jazz Rock / Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Melodya

Year: 1989

Condition: NM/VG+  

Great estonian Jazz Rock featuring lovely versions of standards like Summertime and Sweet Georgia Brown, but my fave is the funky & exotic scat-tune Fa-Ya-Fa-Ya. Highest recommendation!

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Style: Summer Pop

Format: LP
Label: 1988

Year: WEA

Condition: NM/VG+  

Matt Bianco's second longplayer. Including more of those lovely latin-jazz-pop-composites for the balearic sessions in the sun and the spectacular piano house tune Wap Bam Boogie

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Style: Soft Funk / Breezy Jazz

Format: LP
Label: Punch

Year: 1990

Condition: NM/VG+  

Library style Balearic Funk meets breezy Latin Jazz with some heavy guitar scatting. Weird and wonderful...

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Style: Cocktails by the pool

Format: LP
Label: Happy Bird

Year: 1984

Condition: NM/NM 

wonderful summer vibes on this under the radar 80s Latin / Easy Jazz LP. Good vibes all the way... so many nice cuts.... featuring Ringo Hirth from Kitty Winter's Gypsy Nova on drums

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Style: Emotional Pop

Format: 7"
Label: Titan

Year: 1988

Condition: NM/VG+  

Baleraric pop about Mr Dark all alone sitting in the park.

I see him sitting there with a cocktail in hand ...

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Style: Various

Format: LP
Label: Melodya

Year: 1983

Condition: VG+/VG+  

Estonian compilation including Radar's "Samba".

Forget about Bamba's Dimenzio.

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